MacBook Air
A friend at work has generously allowed me to play with his new 11” MacBook Air for a bit. I’ve played with one at the Apple Store before, but this is my first time really sitting down with one for a while.
To be honest, I don’t think I like it as much as I thought I would. I love the weight, but I actually have a problem that I never thought I would have: I don’t like the size. It’s too small. I think I might actually opt for the 13” instead.
It’s not the keyboard; it’s the overall machine. There isn’t enough space around the keyboard to make typing feel comfortable. The keyboard isn’t cramped, but the machine is. And I think the screen resolution is uncomfortably low.
The speakers are also really tinny (but it’s silly of me to expect anything more). Startup is blazing fast, though.
So. Thoughts? It’ll be “my new laptop.” It’ll be tasked with doing everything I expect a Mac OS X machine to do. Is that a job for an 11” MacBook Air? Or should I move up to the 13” model?